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Mike Stern
"Standards (And Other Songs)"
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Guitarist Mike Stern, who has earned accolades and awards for playing high-energy rock-oriented fusion on albums such as "Give And Take" and "Play", did an about-face in 1992 by releasing a CD of. jazz/bebop standards. Standards (And Other Songs) also includes three original numbers (the 'other songs'), but for the most part, Stern uses a lightly-chorused, clean guitar sound on such classics as Miles Davis' "Nardis" and "Jean Pierre", John Coltrane's "Moment's Notice", Chick Corea's "Windows" and Thelonius Monk's "Straight No Chaser". Stern recruited a number of more-than-able musicians to accompany him through the adventurous material, including trumpeter Randy Brecker, sax man Bob Berg, and keyboardist/producer Gil Goldstein. Standards (And Other Songs) may have received little fanfare upon its initial release, but it is a CD well worth acquiring for a fresh, virtuosic and guitaristic spin on these compositions.
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06:37 |
Like Someone In Love
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Instrumental
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01:49 |
Source
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Instrumental
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09:12 |
There Is No Greater Love
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Instrumental
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05:46 |
L Bird
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Instrumental
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04:40 |
Moment's Notice
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Instrumental
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06:47 |
Lost Time
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Instrumental
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06:29 |
Windows
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Instrumental
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05:26 |
Straight No Chaser
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Instrumental
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05:17 |
Peace
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Instrumental
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01:44 |
Jean Pierre
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Instrumental
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07:37 |
Nardis
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Instrumental
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Mike Stern |
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Guitar |
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Al Foster |
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Drums |
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Jay Anderson |
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Acoustic Bass |
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Ben Perowsky |
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Drums ("Lost Time" and "Nardis") |
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Larry Grenadier |
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Acoustic Bass ("Lost Time" and "Nardis") |
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Randy Brecker |
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Trumpet |
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Bob Berg |
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Saxophone |
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Gil Goldstein |
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Keyboards, Production |
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James Farber |
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Engineering, Mixing |
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Yubad Navas |
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Engineering Assistance |
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Kathryn Miller |
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Engineering Assistance |
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Dave Schiffman |
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Engineering Assistance |
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Scott Ansell |
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Addtiional Engineering |
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Greg Calbi |
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Mastering |
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Inge Schaap |
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Art Direction, Design |
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Tom Bouman |
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Design |
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David Jensen |
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Photography |
Recorded at Centerfield Productions, NYC.
Mixed at Skyline Studios.
Mastered at Sterling Sound Studios.
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Vol. 17, No. 2: Feb.-Mar. 2012
